The Role
Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, bright, and talented Civil/Environmental Engineer to join our company in our Great Falls, Montana office. If you want to jumpstart your career and expand your skills while working alongside talented experts, this is the opportunity for you! You will be involved with project work from your first day, working with experienced engineers, technical specialists, and scientists from across our practice to help clients address their water and environmental challenges. Exercise your creativity and problem-solving skills in a supportive environment where every perspective is valued. We are a mission-driven organization that puts our people first, with a culture that focuses on providing meaningful work, engaging challenges, recognition, and reward.
Just to name a few, these projects may include:
- Onsite remediation construction verification and contractor oversight
- Preparation of investigation work plans and construction completion reports
- Task management, contract administration, and regulatory reporting
- Sampling of environmental media, including groundwater, surface water, and soil
Flexible Hybrid work schedule supporting our Great Falls, MT office.
Travel:
Up to 10% to other job sites in the region for Great Falls
Candidates located in Butte or Bozeman, 50% travel to Great Falls
What’s in it for you?
- The chance to learn from and contribute to the remediation technical expertise of a well-established, privately held, national environmental consulting firm.
- Increased opportunities for professional development through higher visibility in the marketplace, internal presentations fostering knowledge sharing, professional association membership and opportunities for speaking engagements and publication.
- Flexible work environment and competitive benefits.
- Strong bonus potential.
What you will be doing at Woodard & Curran:
- A mid-level Engineer is typically assigned specific tasks on project teams and is expected to use their knowledge to resolve the problems and tasks they are assigned under the mentorship of senior staff. Fieldwork, data management, report writing and interaction with project staff will play an important role in the candidate’s success. Potential assignments in this role may include:
- Perform engineering calculations and technical evaluations in support of projects.
- Performing remediation monitoring and overseeing contractors.
- Assisting in the preparation of various regulatory submittals, technical memorandums, and/or engineering design reports.
- Managing, analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting data for use in reports and other visualizations including maps, charts, and 3D models.
- Verify calculation briefs developed by peers.
- Research design options and document findings for Project Manager/Engineer.
- Provide information to Project Manager/Engineer for incorporation into specifications.
- Assist in the development of technical documents.
- Support business development activities.
- Assist field investigations and provide construction oversight by following safety policies and a thorough understanding of specifications and thorough documentation of contractor activities and safety procedures.
- Collecting samples of soil, groundwater, and other environmental media in support of site investigation and remediation objectives.
- Travel to job sites is required to support ongoing and potential project work activities.
- Candidate should be a self-starter and possess strong technical and writing skills to support a wide range of science and engineering projects. A successful candidate will also be detail-oriented, have excellent verbal communication skills combined with a positive attitude, and ability to work both independently and within teams.
What you will need to succeed:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, preferably civil engineering with an environmental and stormwater design emphasis, from an accredited program. EIT certification and MS desirable.
- 3 - 10 years of professional experience with an environmental/engineering consulting firm.
- Experience working around construction equipment and/or in a construction environment.
- Familiarity with and a working knowledge of CERCLA.
- Detail oriented with excellent organizational, writing, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience in the development and implementation of project work plans, schedules, and budgets is a plus.
- Experience with ArcGIS , AutoCAD, modeling and/or database software is a plus
- Experience with programming languages is a plus (preferably Python, R, and/or SQL)
- 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER training is a plus.
Employee Support & Benefits
Retirement Savings:
• 401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: The company matches 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed
Time away from work:
• Observed holidays: Choose up to 9 holidays to observe annually
• Vacation: Accrued based on years of experience and calculated on hours worked
• Sick time: Paid sick time for non-work related illness or injury.
• Parental leave: Up to 80 hours of Paid Parental Leave for child bonding
Coverage and support for your needs and well-being:
• Disability: Paid short and long term disability
• Health: Medical plan options; plus dental and vision plans.
• Life: Basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits; additional voluntary life insurance for employees and families is available through Sun Life.
• Wellbeing: DarioMind assistance program combined with personalized mental health and wellbeing resources.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Woodard & Curran is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply. We are committed to ensuring our employment practices are non-discriminatory and based solely on job-related factors.
If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to apply, please contact Beth Sweitzer.
Inclusion & Belonging
We welcome individuals from all backgrounds to apply, as we believe that different perspectives and experiences enrich our workplace and enhance our ability to serve our clients and communities effectively.
At Woodard & Curran, we are committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive work environment. We understand that the best solutions for our clients and communities come from a culture that nurtures the success and growth of all employees. As an employee-owned organization, our dedication to fostering growth, access and opportunity empowers us to serve our clients effectively and advance our mission of making a positive impact on the world. Our success is rooted in supporting our team members to reach their full potential, enabling us to deliver the most innovative, sound and effective solutions to improve our communities around us.
Non-Solicitation Disclosure:
Please be advised that we do not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from recruitment agencies. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted without a signed contract in place will be considered unsolicited and will not be eligible for any referral fees. Recruitment agencies must have a valid, signed agreement with our company prior to following the submission process to consider potential candidates.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings include accrued vacation, paid sick time, a choose‑your‑own holiday program, and paid parental leave, providing multiple avenues to step away from work. Volunteer time off further supports balance and community involvement.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness resources, gym reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, prepaid legal, and commuter benefits create a robust lifestyle support suite beyond core insurance. Flexible work arrangements and wellbeing programs extend support across different life needs.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employee ownership opportunities and expanded stock ownership tiers make equity participation accessible across levels. Ownership is positioned as a meaningful component of total rewards alongside benefits and incentives.
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What We Do
Woodard & Curran is more than just a consulting firm – we are an integrated science, engineering, design-build, and operations company specializing in water and environmental projects. Our depth of experience across these disciplines makes us uniquely suited to handle any project with a completely tailored approach. By partnering with our clients, adopting their priorities, and understanding the realities they face, we deliver one-of-a-kind answers to unique problems, with a truly collaborative working style. We believe that doing good work for our clients goes hand in hand with doing good work for the companies and communities we serve, and for the planet as a whole, and that all good work begins and ends with a happy, healthy team. These commitments — to each other, to our clients, and to the world around us — define Woodard & Curran.
